This creamy pesto sauce is a combination of the best ingredients to create a rich, velvety, and delicious sauce!
Ingredients
- linguine pasta: 1 pack (16 ounce pack)
- olive oil: 2 Tbsp
- onion: 1 piece (chopped)
- garlic: 8 clove (sliced)
- butter: 0.5 cup
- all-purpose flour: 2 Tbsp
- milk: 2 cups
- pinch salt: 1 piece
- pinch pepper: 1 piece
- ½ cups grated Romano cheese: 1 piece
- prepared basil pesto: 1 cup
- shrimp: 1 pound (peeled and deveined, cooked)
- mushrooms: 20 piece (chopped)
- roma (plum) tomato: 3 piece (diced)
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Stages of cooking
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Fill a large pot with lightly salted water and bring to a rolling boil. Stir in linguine and return to a boil. Cook pasta uncovered, stirring occasionally, until tender yet firm to the bite, about 8 to 10 minutes; drain. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Sauté onion until tender and translucent. Stir in garlic and butter; sauté until garlic is soft and fragrant, about 1 minute. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Dissolve flour in milk; stir into onion mixture. Season with salt and pepper; simmer for 4 minutes, stirring constantly. Add cheese and stir until melted. Stir in pesto. Add shrimp, mushrooms, and tomatoes; cook for 4 minutes, or until heated through. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Add pasta and toss until evenly coated. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
